A roundup of transport and highways in March
Transport and Highways | Cheshire West and Chester Council
Transport and Highways News - March
News update
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Highways improvement programme Network North grant
£1.286 million additional funding for road maintenance (part of a package of transport funding known as 'Network North') has been released.
Carriageway surfacing until 20 March
* Chester Road, Kelsall
* Norley Road, Norley
* Norley Lane, Norley
* Forest Road, Tarporley
* Beach Road, Hartford
* Cotton Lane, Chester
* Ball Lane, Kingsley
* Beech Lane, Northwich
* Bracken Way, Frodsham
* Nixon Drive, Winsford
* Yatehouse Lane, Byley
* Marbury Road, Comberbach
Carriageway enhanced patching until 28 March
* Avondale, Whitby
* Trentdale, Whitby
* Bentley Farm Lane, Whitley
* Manora Road, Northwich
* Carlton Road, Northwich
* Sycamore Drive, Whitby
* The Crescent, Hartford
* Patmos Lane, Nether Peover
* Cape Lane, Nether Peover
* New Road, Anderton with Marbury
* Marbury Road, Anderton with Marbury
Previously scheduled programme
* Footway reconstruction
* Footway surfacing
* Site investigations
* Carriageway patching
* Carriageway surfacing
* Carriageway retread
More details [
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EV Event
*Council helps businesses and residents switch to electric vehicles*
Understanding how to transition to Electric Vehicles in business and at home is a new free event being held on Tuesday May 21 at the Civic Centre, Ellesmere Port. The event will run from 8am to 2pm, with the first two hours (8am to 10am) reserved for businesses.
The event will provide businesses and residents with essential advice around transitioning to EV. The event will include test drives, both commercial and domestic, new vehicle releases and the opportunity to speak to those leading the transition to EV, such as SP Energy Networks, Energy Savings Trust and Stellantis.
Businesses planning to attend the 8am to 10am session, please register for this free event [
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No registration is needed if attending after 10am.
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Update on the A540 / Raby Park Road junction improvement scheme
Highways improvement works at the A540 / Raby Park Road junction in Neston will begin from Monday 4 March 2024.
During the first week, smaller trees and undergrowth will be removed within the wooded area alongside the site.
Then the following week (11 March) will see the removal of larger trees, which will involve some temporary traffic management.
Replacement trees will be planted, at a ratio of three trees for every one removed. The work will be carried out between the hours of 9.05am and 2.30pm.
There will be road closures on Raby Park Road and Upper Raby Park Road during these off-peak hours, together with temporary traffic lights on the A540 Chester High Road.
Read more [
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Cycle training
Free Family Cycle Training
Book your free family training during March, available for residents of Cheshire West and Chester whilst funding is available.
Places are limited, contact BikeRight UK to book [
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Council's gritting team
The Council's Highways Service and its maintenance contractor, Colas, are always ready to tackle the coldest weather conditions.
The fleet of 16 gritting trucks, including eight new vehicles, keeps 490 miles of roads safe for drivers, using the 4,000 tonnes of rocksalt stored at the Guilden Sutton and Davenham Depots to treat key routes across the borough.
Read more [
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itravel
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itravel on-demand rural bus service
The bus service can be booked online, using a mobile phone app, or phone call, which allows a resident, or group of residents, to request a bus for a specific journey.
Booking details [
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Get around for £2 until 31 December 2024
The scheme that encouraged passengers to ‘Get Around for £2’ by bus has been extended to 31 December 2024.
All bus operators participating in the original campaign will continue to do so. Cheshire West and Chester Council has worked with operators to encourage as many as possible to participate, although some services will not be eligible.
Journeys starting in Wales are not eligible for the scheme, however local concessions have been introduced by some operators. If you do need to travel by car for some of the way, the Council’s Park & Ride services offers free parking and a quick and easy service into the city centre for details visit the Park and Ride [
] webpage.
Check to see if your bus operator is taking part [
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Gully clean
*Grid/gullies work programme*
86,650 grids (gullies) have been cleaned over the past twelve month cleaning programme.
March schedule
* Davenham, Moulton & Kingsmead
* Gowy rural
* Great Boughton
* Handbridge Park
* Helsby
* Strawberry
* Tarvin and Kelsall
* Weaver and Cuddington
* Whitby Park
* Winsford Dene
* Winsford Swanlow
* Winsford Wharton
* Wolverham
Gritting in West Cheshire
Winter weather alerts
As the weather gets cold search #cwacgrit for the latest gritting news [
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Planned works
One network
Resurface
Plan your journey
To help plan journeys, the one.network website has live monitoring of road works and traffic congestion across the country. For subscribers, email alerts are also available. The map data is shared with Google and Apple Maps plus major sat-nav operators visit: one.network [
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Water supply improvements Sandy Lane, Chester
Severn Trent are installing a new water supply from Huntington Water Treatment Works to Boughton Water Treatment Works, this is important work to maintain the vital utilities for the area.
There is a second community session in Chester on Thursday March 7
St Luke’s Church Chester Road, Huntington, Chester CH3 6BT.
Two timeslots, 3pm to 4.30pm and 6pm to 7.30pm
Places are limited at the event to book [
] or call: 07971 304 604.
*Until 7 March*
Cadent
Caldy Brook to Dee Banks (road closure)
*Until 3 March*
Severn Trent
Jubilee Field (pedestrian access only)
*1 - 4 March*
Severn Trent
A51 Christleton Road, Gardeners Arms (lane closure)
*4 March - 3 May*
Brassey Street (road closure)
*8 - 11 March*
A51 Christleton Road, Sandy Lane (road closure)
*11 - 24 March*
From A51 junction into Sandy Lane (road closure)
*25 March - 12 July*
Chester Road between Gorse Way and Caldy Valley Road (road closure)
Unfortunately, these utility works are likely to cause some unavoidable disruption. Progress on the works can be followed on the Severn Trent website [
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Public transport
Using Public Transport can really help to avoid road congestion. A useful journey planning tool to help you plan your journey is Traveline
[
] . For journeys into Chester, you can use Chester Park & Ride [
]. There is an on-demand itravel bus service [
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Further information can be found on bus operator’s websites or visit:
Cheshire West and Chester Public Transport [
] or National Rail Enquiries [
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Traveline
Traveline
Visit Traveline to help find routes and times for your travel anywhere in Great Britain, including live departures and bus timetables.
Find your travel routes [
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